IF YOU FORGOT about the glycemic index after learning about it in middle school health class—there might be a reason. “The lower the GI number, the slower and smaller release of blood sugar in the ...

Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day, as it provides energy and essential nutrients to start daily activities. For those looking to keep their glucose levels balanced, especially ...

A low-glycemic index (low-GI) diet is an eating plan based on how foods affect your blood sugar level, also called blood glucose level. Low-GI foods are digested and absorbed slowly, causing a gradual ...

When you're at the mercy of blood sugar swings, you feel happy and full of energy one moment and then brain-foggy, exhausted and cranky the next. And if you have chronically high blood sugar due to ...

Lauren Silva, a freelance writer in New York City, believes in feeling good in your body and making that experience accessible to everyone across generations. The proof is in her ever-piling browser ...

Karen Della Corte, BYU nutrition and dietetics professor, recently authored a new study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that developed a national glycemic index (GI) and ...

In a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, researchers examined the effects of low- and high-glycemic-index (GI) Mediterranean-style (MED) healthy eating patterns (HEPs) on sleep and ...

On a morning in Sanlitun, Beijing, 32-year-old office worker Zhang Yuan scoops up a spoonful of low-GI (glycemic index) oat yogurt at a trendy cafe. She has made a habit of choosing slowly digesting, ...